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Opera Bar’s Garden of Neon for Vivid Live

May 29, 2014
by Corinne Mossati

Sydney’s Opera Bar has been transformed into a Garden of Neon for the duration of Vivid Live.

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Occupying a prime position facing the Harbour Bridge and the Sydney Opera House to one side, Opera Bar’s has been transformed into a lush garden with neon lights, video productions and an interactive art wall.

Sip on bespoke Vivid cocktails as you watch the Lighting of the Sails with 59 projections on the Sydney Opera House sails. The cocktails are devised by Jeremy Shipley, Group Bars Manager of Solotel with drinks such as Neon Paradise with Belvedere citrus, pomegranate syrup, fresh lime, grapefruit juice and passionfruit; Forbidden Fruit with Belvedere vodka, lychees, blue curaçao, cranberry juice and lemon, lime soda and Green Venom with Belvedere citrus, honey syrup, fresh basil and lemon.

Grab a front row seat at the Garden of Neon for Lighting of the Sails, a free public event running nightly from 6pm to midnight until 9 June, 2014.

Opera Bar
Lower Concourse
Sydney Opera House
Sydney

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About the author

Corinne Mossati

Corinne Mossati is a drinks writer, author of GROW YOUR OWN COCKTAIL GARDEN, SHRUBS & BOTANICAL SODAS and founder/editor of Gourmantic, Cocktails & Bars and The Gourmantic Garden. She has been writing extensively about spirits, cocktails, bars and cocktail gardening in more recent years. She is a spirits and cocktail competition judge, Icons of Whisky Australia nominee, contributor to Diageo Bar Academy, cocktail developer and is named in Australian Bartender Magazine's Top 100 Most Influential List. Her cocktail garden was featured on ABC TV’s Gardening Australia and has won several awards. She is a contributor to Real World Gardener radio program and is featured in several publications including Pip Magazine, Organic Gardener, Australian Bartender and Breathe (UK). Read the full bio here.

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